Quakertown needs snow Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uofmiami Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Saw this on my twitter feed last night, quite an amazing video. I was waiting for the vehicle to move as the winds got stronger & stronger, thankfully it stayed put. Incredible stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ground Scouring Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Actually, it was not taken inside a violent tornado, as NWS TOP has yet to assign a rating. Still, what a remarkable video it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaser25973 Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Actually, it was not taken inside a violent tornado, as NWS TOP has yet to assign a rating. Still, what a remarkable video it is. I'm sure there were wind-speed measurements taken inside of the tornado and it seems as though those wind speeds, just from my untrained eye, exceed 136 mph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 I'm sure there were wind-speed measurements taken inside of the tornado and it seems as though those wind speeds, just from my untrained eye, exceed 136 mph. A violent tornado (EF4+) must have estimated winds of 166 mph or stronger to be classified as such. 136-165 is EF3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavarreDon Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Question, at about the 2:07 mark in that vid. Does a piece of debris hit the front window at such a high rate of speed that it causes a pretty large spark & cracks it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isohume Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Looks pretty windy...I hope no one gets injured or killed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Normandy Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 That is the best tornado footage i have ever seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricaneman Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 You shouldn't get close to a tornado unless you're in something like this or the Dominator with a roll cage, about the safest vehicle you can be in as a storm chaser, plus no one got hurt in this video so its something to think about if you're a scientific storm chaser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyhb Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 You shouldn't get close to a tornado unless you're in something like this or the Dominator with a roll cage, about the safest vehicle you can be in as a storm chaser, plus no one got hurt in this video so its something to think about if you're a scientific storm chaser You shouldn't be this close to a tornado in any kind of vehicle, period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Bobby Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 The TIV has claws that dig in to grasp the ground. Without knowing, I suspect that the loud whining sound at the beginning of the vid was the sound of the claws digging in. In addition, I think the TIV can then be lowered to te ground to give the winds almost zero ability to get under the vehicle. I'm almost positive no version of the Dominator has any such thing. If any Dominator had found itself in this situation it would have had no chance of survival. I have seen these vehicles many times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstorm93 Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 The Dominator series also has a laughable design flaw. The hood was ripped off of one recently and left the engine completely exposed to rain and debris. Engine failure and being inside a violent tornado don't seem to mix to well. I'm mobile, but there's a picture somewhere floating around of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uofmiami Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 The Dominator series also has a laughable design flaw. The hood was ripped off of one recently and left the engine completely exposed to rain and debris. Engine failure and being inside a violent tornado don't seem to mix to well. I'm mobile, but there's a picture somewhere floating around of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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